Revolutions
This essential new series features classic texts by key figures who took center stage during a period of insurrection. Each book is introduced by a major contemporary radical writer who shows how these incendiary words still have the power to inspire, to provoke and maybe to ignite new revolutions ...
Books in this series
The Revolutions Set
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The Bolivarian Revolution
A collection of documents from iconic revolutionary, Símon Bolívar, introduced by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela.
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The Declaration of Independence
The explosive manifesto for the American Revolution, introduced by the co-author of Empire.
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The Declarations of Havana
by Fidel Castro
Speeches by Fidel Castro in response to the US administration's attempt to isolate Cuba, introduced by Tariq Ali.
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Down with Colonialism!
by Ho Chi Minh
Walden Bello on Ho Chi Minh’s inspirational anti-imperialism.
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The Gospels
In this new presentation of the Gospels, renowned thinker Terry Eagleton asks: was Jesus a revolutionary?
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The Haitian Revolution
Haiti’s ousted premier on the leader of the world’s first black republic.
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On Practice and Contradiction
by Mao Tse-Tung
The writings that underpinned the Chinese revolution, introduced by Slavoj Žižek.
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The Putney Debates
The debates between the Levellers and Oliver Cromwell, introduced by Geoffrey Robertson.
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The Rights of Man and Common Sense
by Thomas Paine
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."—Thomas Paine
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Sermon to the Princes
“Omnia sunt communia—all things are common.”—Thomas Müntzer.
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Terrorism and Communism
by Leon Trotsky
Trotsky and Slavoj Žižek defend revolutionary violence.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
by Mary Wollstonecraft, and Sheila Rowbotham
A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft's seminal feminist tract.
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Virtue and Terror
by Maximilien Robespierre, and Slavoj Žižek
Robespierre’s justification of the Terror in the French Revolution.
Other Books in this Series
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A Common Treasury
Some of the earliest examples of communist thought, introduced by Tony Benn.